Cloth-cleaning device.



Patenied July I5, |902.

F. CARLSON B. J HAALNU. CLOTH CLEANING DEVICE.

(Apphcatlon filed Nov 12, 1900 (N 0 M adel.)

@vih/Leo STATES ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK O. CARLSON AND BRIGHT J. I-IAALAND, OF VALLEY CITY, NORTII DAKOTA.1

CLOTH-CLEANING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part f LetterSrPatent No. 704,615, dated July 15,1902.

Application filed November 12,1900. Serial No. 36,255. (No model.)

To all wtowt it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK O. CARLSON and BRIGHT J. HAALAND, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Valley City, in the county ofBarnes and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cloth-Cleaning Devices, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the aclo companyingdrawings.

This invention relates to clothes-cleaners; and it has for its object toprovide novel means for applying a cleaning agent to the clothes,whereby the same may be dis tributed r 5 a-nd rubbed over the surface tobe cleaned.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes-cleaning brushwhich will produce a scratching or slightly-abrading action for thepurpose ofeffecting removal of 2o grease or dirt which is in the fiberof the garment. K

A further object of the inventionis to provide a clothes-cleaning devicein which a combined bristle and cloth surface is in contact 2 5 with thematerial to be cleaned.

Finally the object of the invention is to produce a cloth-cleaningdevice which will possess advantages in points of simplicity,efficiency, and proving at the same time comparatively inexpensive. Y

Vith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully 3 5 set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forniing a partl of this specification, whereinlike characters denote corresponding 4o parts in the several views, andin which- Figure l is a view in perspective of a clothcleaning deviceembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view centrally of Fig. l.Fig. 3 is a view of a fragment of material differ-ing from that shown inFigs. l and 2 of 45 which the device may be formed.

In thedrawings the cap 2 is attached to the body by a ring 2Q which isthreaded, and the threads being embedded in the surface of the body theparts are held together and form a 5o head for the roll.

In Figs. l and 2 is illustrated the construction of a device frommaterial in common use, this comprising a cloth l, preferably wool andhair-cloth 3, having their edges coinciding. The cleaning device isformed by wrapping the two cloths in a roll, with the hair-cloth on theinside, until the diameter is approximately two and one-half inches, inwhich position the roll is securely held. The 6o end of the roll soformed will be found to have a slightly-rough surface,owing to thepresence of bristles of the hair-cloth, and the device will be foundwelladapted for applying the cleaning agent.

In Fig. 3 we show a fabric in which the hair b is Woven with the wool ata.

The construction, operation, and advantages Will, it is thought, beunderstood from the foregoing description, it being noted that 7ochanges in the proportions and details of construction may be resorted`to for successfully carrying the invention into practice Withoutdeparting from the scope of the claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what We claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a cloth-cleaning device, hair-cloth and a layer of other fibrousmaterial rolled together with their end edges coinciding, and secured 8oas and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK O. CARLSON. B. J. IIAALAND.

Witnesses:

A. P. PAULsoN, ALFRED TRUGER.

